Katerina Sokou

Katerina Sokou, who holds the research fellowship at ELIAMEP on "Greek-American Relations" and who covered the Greek crisis from Washington, DC as a correspondent for Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the Greek debt crisis provides a case study into the Obama foreign policy doctrine - the focus of her recent in-depth report for ELIAMEP - and underscores Europe's continuing imp

President Barack Obama's critical role in helping Greece stay in the eurozone follows in the post-WWII tradition of American engagement in the European project for geopolitical reasons, even though it was initially driven by financial concerns, argues Katerina Sokou, ELIAMEP and Atlantic Council non-resident research fellow in a research paper just published.

Katerina Sokou, a Theodore Couloumbis Research Fellow specializing in Greek-American relations at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), has unveiled her policy paper concerning the prospective trajectory of Greece's bilateral relationship with the United States.

Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne noted that now is the moment with the greatest potential for the development of bilateral relations between Greece and Canada, speaking at the Toronto Economic Forum held on October 17 and 18 by the Delphi Economic Forum.

The Citizens' Movement for an Open Society and E-Kyklos will be hosting an online debate on Wednesday night titled "The Challenge for American 'Hegemony' after the Election of Biden." 

The United States was a "true mediator" between Athens and its international creditors at the peak of the Greek crisis and helped prevent the country's ouster from the eurozone on several occasions, Kathimerini's Washington correspondent, Katerina Sokou, said during a panel discussion on the subject of "The US Role in the Greek Debt Crisis."

 Its report will likely avoid calling for eurozone to reach decision on lightening Greek debt for now

By Katerina Sokou

By Katerina Sokou

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will convene on May 28 to discuss and likely approve the disbursement of its next bailout tranche to Greece.

By Katerina Sokou

Structural reforms are the way out of the financial crisis for Greece, according to the International Monetary Fund, whose Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that «the journey is not over, there are still more structural reforms to implement and plenty of work to be done on the way."

By Katerina Sokou

The World Bank is working toward aiding low income groups in Greece by offering the government its know-how following the latter’s request for help, a senior official at the international financial institution has told Kathimerini.